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Decca’s Ives orchestral music set makes for an attractive and inexpensive way to collect these startlingly original works. Zubin Mehta’s recording of Symphonies Nos. 1
This recording represents, in effect, a second premiere of Charles Ives’ Symphony No. 2, some four decades after Leonard Bernstein’s path-breaking recording for Sony Classical,
Neeme Järvi’s Ives Symphony recordings are now more usefully packaged together on a single disc rather than coupled with Barber orchestral works on the original
James Nalley literally recreates these 20th-century American piano landmarks as the repertoire pillars they are. He gives Copland’s stately, tabernacle-shaped chords their sonorous due and
Always be wary when a record producer’s production notes amount to an apologia, as is the case with David Lefeber on the subject of pianist
After his first visit to a recording studio in 1933, the frustrated Charles Ives wrote: “A man may play to himself and his music starts
Virgin Classics’ survey devoted to pillars of the 20th century American piano sonata re-enters the catalog as a two-disc set selling for the cost of
What a disc this is! The splendid Arditti Quartet showcases a number of American composers as part of a planned series of 20th century string
The release of this admirable Naxos disc, the chief element of which is Philip Quint’s engaging account of William Schuman’s Violin Concerto, happens by chance
This generous coupling presents Charles Ives’ rarely recorded Symphony No. 1 played with much bravura by Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mehta clearly
